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Originally Posted by connor.worley

What are your thoughts on FIRST adopting a much longer build term or even going year round like VEX?

Our program is heavily involved in both VEX and FRC as you know.
We enjoy both very very much.
My wish is that FIRST either completely do one or the other and get rid of the in-between. The rules as it exists benefit some and not all. Without getting into details, it puts us at a disadvantage because of the traveling we need to do in order to compete. It also puts teams that only have the time to do just 1 robot at a huge disadvantage as well, if your robot is stuck in a bag, crated away from home once shipped to the initial event.

The old argument to not extending the build season was not to burnout mentors.
To me, that no longer holds valid.
The intensity of the program is now almost 4 months, if you expect to be competitive at the level of the elite teams that consistently make Einstein, generally speaking.